2 men charged after PIA plane diverted: UK
Details about what happened onboard are sketchy
LONDON (AP) - British authorities have charged two men with endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was diverted mid-flight.
Essex Police said Sunday that 30-year-old taxi driver Tayyab Subhani and 41-year-old restaurant worker Mohammed Safdar will appear in court on Monday.
Both men, from Lancashire in northwestern England, remain in custody.
A Typhoon fighter jet was scrambled on Friday to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane traveling from Lahore, Pakistan, to Manchester, and forced it to land at London s Stansted Airport. The Boeing 777 plane landed safely.
Details about what happened onboard are sketchy but a security official said the situation did not appear to be terror-related.
